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# usurp

«usurp» in Mova's school dictionary: **to take a throne or power by force, without the right to it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (usurp, usurps, usurped, usurping)

### meaning for a pupil

To usurp is to take a throne or power by force, without the right to it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usurp/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a wicked adviser or relative seizes a king's crown and rules in his place

### examples

- He is then killed by his insidious adviser, who usurps his throne. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usurp/#x1)
- He set out to demand the kingdom which his uncle had so unjustly usurped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usurp/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «usurp» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usurp/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.